In the Eye of the Beholder
Chapter Ten:
Convincing Ktara
By: fairysphinx
fairysphinx: YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now more exams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eh hem! Now that that's our of my system, I'd like to thank everyone for their wonderful reviews. Heh. Don't have much to say today, accept that I'm sorry I kept you waiting or so long…but, it isn't really easy writing fan fiction AND studying. But I'm back! Now, on with the story! …er, AFTER the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh, although I DO own Ktara and Yata.
/Yugi talking to Yami/
//Yami talking to Yugi//
!Bakura talking to Y. Bakura/Yaku!
!!Y. Bakura/Yaku talking to Bakura!!
{Ktara talking to Y. Ktara/Yata}
[Y. Ktara/Yata talking to Ktara]
+Malik talking to Y. Malik/Yaro+
=Y. Malik/Yaro talking to Malik=
* indicates action taking place *
indicates a passage in time
A lady clad in a red, slinky dress, high heels, with golden hair came up to them. "You must be the ones that have come for Ktara. Please, follow me." She turned, and began to walk in the direction of a large golden house in the distance. With some hesitation, they followed.
As they past, men and maidens stopped playing, or dancing, and watched them, undoubtedly hoping that they had come for them. Or, perhaps it was in honor of the lady they were following. She seemed to be one of great stature in the place. It didn't really matter. The only thing that they had come for was Ktara…although it would be much harder than the other tasks. Much harder.
"I trust that you know the consequences of your failure?" the woman asked.
"Huh?" No one knew what she was talking about. Would they not be able to return to the living world if they did not succeed in convincing Ktara to come back and destroy the Eye?
"Should you fail, the world as we know it will be destroyed." Nano's breath caught. She had know of that it was urgent for Ktara to fulfill her duty, but she had not know why.
"The entire earth…destroyed? But-but how can that be? How do you know this?"
"Remember, Nano. Disguises are very effective, and efficient. You can never assume things by the looks of it." She tilted her head to one side in confusion. Sure, she had lived there for…well, a very long time. But, most of that was spent guarding the gates, and in a crystalline hibernation until the next living person came to retrieve their love, or relative, and so forth.
"I don't understand. What disguises?" The lady just smiled at her, and continued walking. With a questioning glance at the lady, the rest of the group followed her.
The golden castle loomed in front of them. It glittered in the sunlight, blinding Yugi, Malik, Bakura, Seto, Joey, and Mokuba, but leaving Yami, Yata, Yaku, Yaro, Nano, and the lady in red unharmed. With a little help, all of them made it into the castle, where the blinding light diminished, leaving a calm, comforting light instead.
The interior was, in the room, grey walls with navy carpets. Desks lined the walls, woman and men with white shirts, and shimmering multi-colored pants/skirts behind them. They were typing at what seemed the speed of light on invisible computers. Some had pieces of paper coming out of invisible printers on the desks, while others had large stacks of papers to be gone through. "This," the red lady said, "is the Reception Room. All of the information of people who die is sent here, and it's decided if they are to stay here or not. …but, that's not important. Hurry, now, we have about a thousand floors to go up, and the elevator is only for workers."
"So, we have to take the stairs?" Mokuba asked. She nodded. "How many stairs are there?"
"Just a million." * everyone face faults *
"JUST a million?! But that's a lot!"
"Quite whining. If you haven't noticed, we have a long way to walk."
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"999,996. 999,997. 999,998. 999,999. 1,000,000! Wha? Where's the door?! It's a dead end!" Joey exclaimed. There was a wall in front of them. Nothing but wall. The lady smiled.
"I've already told you that disguises are very effective around here." She pushed her way to the front, and walked right through the wall, which surprised everyone. When they didn't follow, the woman stuck her head back though and said, "Hey, are you coming or not?" Needless to say, they quickly walked through the wall after her.
What they saw on the other side of the wall was, well, a cell. The lady that had been leading them was nowhere in sight. This, apparently, was the destination. However, Ktara wasn't there.
"You will not be seeing Ktara while you try to convince her to go back. You will have to do it blindly…as stated by the rules of this land. Now, begin. If you're not sure how to start, just call out her name…she can only hear you, not me." They looked around. When it was apparent that no one was going to start, Yata called out, "Ktara?" There seemed to be a slight breeze in the room.
"Y-yes?"
"Ktara! It's me! Yata! And Yugi, Yami, Bakura, Yaku, Malik, Yaro, Seto, Joey, and Mokuba! Please, Ktara! Please come back!"
"Why should I? It's no longer my world. What do I care if everyone in it is destroyed? It's not my problem."
"Hey! This ain't the Ktara that I know! She's upbeat, and cares about everyone!" Joey exclaimed.
"But, you haven't seen everything that's happened. No. You haven't." He raised an eyebrow.
"But-. I thought that you cared about us! I thought that you wouldn't want to see us hurt! That's exactly what's going to happen if you don't destroy the Eye!" Mokuba spoke up. Perhaps he would be able to do what the others had failed to do as of yet.
"Perhaps before…before all of this. But, now…now, I just don't care…I don't care about anything." Mokuba sighed.
"What did you do to her, Yugi? To change her so drastically?" Yugi looked at his feet. He hadn't really thought of it that way. It had been his fault? For not trusting her enough to believe that she would never betray him? It looked that way. It really did.
"Ktara, what about the future generations? About everyone on earth? What would happen to them if someone took control of the Eye?" Seto asked.
"More than likely," Ktara whispered, "They will live miserably, perhaps as slaves. Or, they might be destroyed." There was a pause, as if she was thinking it over. "But, it doesn't really matter to me. It really doesn't."
"Come on, Ktara!" Bakura said.
"Even Yaro and Yaku aren't that heartless to let humanity suffer like it will…might, I mean. And they were pretty bad!" Malik took over.
"Hey!" the two yamis said in unison. Malik ducked as they threw miscellaneous items at him.
"They aren't this heartless," Ktara said quietly, "because they actually have hearts. Mine was shredded into ribbons. I no longer have one."
Yata, who had been listening to the conversations, began to feel her temper rising. What could her light be thinking?!?! "You dumb, stupid, idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she yelled. The room quieted at her sudden outburst. "I can't believe you! You've always been so kind and generous, motherly even! Then, some guy comes along, steals your heart away. To protect him, you act like you hate him. He thinks that you actually hate him. He doesn't trust you enough to know that you would never, NEVER betray him, and your heart is broken. However, you still love him so much that you give your life to protect him for all eternity. That in itself proves that you care!
"Then, all of us come down here to come and get you, not only to destroy the Eye and save humanity, but to possibly give you back life! We went through test after test, just for you! And you're putting that all to waste!" She shook her head in disgust. "I thought better of you, Ktara May, I really did." She turned to face the wall in which she came in. "Oh! I thought that you'd like to know. The spell that you put on Yugi? It can be a curse as well as a blessing. Just think. After humanity is destroyed, Yugi will be the only one left. The spell that you put on him makes him untouchable to things such as disease, and unnatural causes. In a sense, he's the closest to immortal as a mortal body can get. And, when all other humans are gone, he will be alone, and can only be killed by old age. Just thought that you'd like to know." She began to walk toward the exit wall.
"I'll destroy the Eye…with a few conditions." Everyone's faces relaxed, and a smile of relief spread on each face. "I wish to not be seen by the living, and to be brought here as soon as the Eye is destroyed."
"Fine."
"Well, well, looks like you did pretty good without our help!" The lady in red appeared out of nowhere. However, this time she was not alone, and this time, she was not in the same outfit. She was now in flowing shimmery green dress, only one shoulder covered by the material, the other one bare. One side of the dress had a long slit in it. She wore green high heels; her golden hair was curled, and pulled up the top of her head, and a pair of slime glasses were placed over her green eyes.
The second female was clad in a red tunica, with golden sandals, and many bangles, pendants, and so forth. Her chocolate hair was tied loosely back with a piece of golden silken cord near the very bottom of her hair. Her fiery red eyes were relaxed, calm, somewhat sad.
The man, the last of the three, was wearing khaki pants, and a loose blue shirt. There was nothing extremely decorated about him, save for blue wedge tattoos on his face. He had a silly smile on his face, and his blue eyes danced with pleasure and excitement. "Ktara shall go down to earth, destroy the Eye, and come back here. Then, she can make a decision on her permanent accommodations. But for now, go. There's a carriage by the main gate for Ktara, and the rest are for all of you. They will take you to the energy barrier surrounding the Eye. Then, only Ktara can proceed. It will be up to her. Now go, and destroy that menace!" With his last words, and a quick smile, the man disappeared, and was soon followed by the two women.
"I guess that we should go," Yami said. The group made their way down the steps, and to the front gate, where they were divided into groups, and the carriages set off to the Great Barrier.
END OF CHAPTER TEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: * yawn * I'm tired. And I'm satisfied with this chapter. So, I hope that you enjoyed it. Please review and tell me what you think! Than you! See you next chapter!!!!!!!!!!